So which countries in the World Cup have England either colonised or been at war with? As it turns out, most of them:
(More detail to come…)
| Country | type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Colonised | Relations have always been good, although their Prime Minister did once TOUCH THE QUEEN UNINVITED. |
| Japan | At War | World War II |
| Korea DPR | War | Britain fought North Korea in the Korean War. |
| Korean Republic | Nothing | Korea turned against their Japanese occupiers in WWII and assisted the Allies. |
| Algeria | Nothing | France conquered Algeria, but only after the Napoleonic Wars. |
| Cameroon | Colony | Cameroon was a German colony until the end of WWI when it was split between the French and the British. |
| Côte d’Ivoire | War (ish) | Côte d’Ivoire was a French colony during the second hundred years war, where France had several naval bases to combat British expansion in the area. |
| Ghana | Colony | |
| Nigeria | Colony | |
| South Africa | Colony / War | |
| Honduras | War (ish) | Honduras was a Spanish colony. |
| Mexico | War (ish) | Mexico was a Spanish colony, |
| United States | War | War of Independance |
| Argentina | War | Falklands War |
| Brazil | Nothing | |
| Chile | War (ish) | Spanish Colony |
| Paraguay | War (ish) | Spanish Colony |
| Uruguay | War (ish) | Spanish Colony |
| New Zealand | Colony | Sort of! |
| Denmark | War | The Gunboat War |
| France | War | ‘The Old Enemy’! |
| Germany | War | Couple ‘a World Wars |
| Greece | Nothing | |
| Netherlands | War | |
| Portugal | Nothing | |
| Serbia | War | |
| Slovakia | War | Slovakia (under some duress) allied itself with Germany |
| Slovenia | ? | |
| Spain | War | |
| Switzerland | Nothing |
